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In reply to the discussion: Today, finally, Snowden was PROVEN a LIAR! [View all]rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)no information and they knew, they KNEW that the NSA wasnt spying.
Then came Clapper admitting he lied to Congress (I think he said he told the least lie possible) and that someone was collecting data but the NSA wasnt using it w/o a warrant.
Then we see the warrant that gave the NSA carte blanche authority to collect whatever data they wanted. The Booz-Allen apologists said, yes but it was legal because it was a warrant. Yes it was a warrant, but a warrant that was in clear violation of the FISA Law as well as the Constitution. It was an illegal warrant.
Then the NSA said they only looked at the data of suspected terrorists* and all of their contacts.
Now they are admitting they might have fibbed a little and were analyzing data on all terrorist suspects and their contacts and all of the contacts of those contacts. If you passed first year algebra you would recognize that the number of people being analyzed just jumped geometrically.
What has been tippy-toed around about is that Booz-Allen or someone is collecting data on all Americans and analyzing it whether the NSA accesses it or not. This is a tremendous tool for a tyrant. Just saying.
*Per the Patriot Act, suspected terrorists includes all protestors and anyone that interferes with corporations making a profit.